but I wish it was, and I wish they were...
Molly Wood, co-host of CNET's Buzz Out Loud and of general internet fame wrote an amazing piece in her blog about Prop 8 in California. She made her point so eloquently, that if you found that nail with a how ever many angel's dancing upon it, that her hammer would have stuck the nail head true, and not the angel's. Which is a strange metaphor in light of the source of most of the hate that fueled the inception of Prop 8 in the first place. If you vote in California, please vote NO on prop 8, please!
Araska is a rock, actually that is a lie, Araska is a fictional rock, in a fictional sea, in a fictional world, the only thing that could be said about is that, if said, world, sea and rock were to exist, then you would have a nice view of a fictional harbour.
Showing posts with label Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rights. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Civil Liabilities
It looks like your right to privacy (US 4th Amendment and Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Section) and all that unlawful search and seizure is no longer an impediment to 'good' police work.
It gals me to come to the defense of the subject of this article but I'm afraid I must, or else our society would be lessened:
- Winston Churchill
The key is accused of a crime, while this individual is accused of a most heinous crime, he only stands accused, innocent until proven guilty, and while I suspect from the article that the contents of his computer were damning, without warrant and just cause the officers had no business being on his computer.
The issue is probably two fold, one is of the legal systems ability to find the analogs in precedent involving non-technological situations, this can further be subdivided into an issue of first understanding the technological situation, and then seeing that they are truly analogs of the, well, analog situation.
The second issue is the old 1984 bucket, police state and all that. I don't want to blow this way out of the water, but I think the US under George have done a good job of getting us closer to that state. With secret courts, and the suspension of Habeas Corpus its a dark and slippery slope. I'm ever so glad that the Canadian law was not extended that offered our police similar nebulous power.
We stand at a technological and civil crossroads, where Rights and Freedoms are whittled away in the name of safety, and we wrap ourselves in warm blankets of ignorance, until the day comes where our door is broken down, and we are taken away, only because an officer mistook his burrito for a gut feeling.
The author of this post can be found at reeducation center 01101101 and thinks Mr. Bush is double plusswell good.
It gals me to come to the defense of the subject of this article but I'm afraid I must, or else our society would be lessened:
The true measure of a civilized society is how it treats people
accused of crimes.
- Winston Churchill
The key is accused of a crime, while this individual is accused of a most heinous crime, he only stands accused, innocent until proven guilty, and while I suspect from the article that the contents of his computer were damning, without warrant and just cause the officers had no business being on his computer.
The issue is probably two fold, one is of the legal systems ability to find the analogs in precedent involving non-technological situations, this can further be subdivided into an issue of first understanding the technological situation, and then seeing that they are truly analogs of the, well, analog situation.
The second issue is the old 1984 bucket, police state and all that. I don't want to blow this way out of the water, but I think the US under George have done a good job of getting us closer to that state. With secret courts, and the suspension of Habeas Corpus its a dark and slippery slope. I'm ever so glad that the Canadian law was not extended that offered our police similar nebulous power.
We stand at a technological and civil crossroads, where Rights and Freedoms are whittled away in the name of safety, and we wrap ourselves in warm blankets of ignorance, until the day comes where our door is broken down, and we are taken away, only because an officer mistook his burrito for a gut feeling.
The author of this post can be found at reeducation center 01101101 and thinks Mr. Bush is double plus
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